Poll: Mitt's favorables up after RNC

Mitt Romney is closing the favorability gap with President Barack Obama, shrinking the president’s 14-point lead in April to a 4-point lead after the Republican national convention, according to an ABC/Washington Post poll released Tuesday.

While Romney’s favorability has ticked upward slightly — from 40 percent before the convention to 43 percent afterward — Obama’s has dropped, declining seven percentage points from a high of 54 percent in April. Both candidates are underwater: 48 percent of voters view Romney unfavorably, and 49 percent feel the same way about Obama.

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Interestingly, Obama’s score among men, with 50 percent having a favorable opinion of him, is higher than his score among women, a segment where only 46 percent view him positively.